Accidental Innuendo: In "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape" Peg says her secret weapon against Pete is her mouth. While the context of the scene makes it clear she means she's going to yell at him, if you take away the context it sounds like she's going to do something else to him with her mouth.

Pete: Is he a horrible person who deserves everything he gets, or a Designated MonkeyJerkass Woobie? Which side you fall on seems to rely heavily on how much of a Woobie you think PJ is and on how blameless you find Goofy.

Bizarro Episode: The episodes in which Goofy reads to Max the history of various ancestors. Aside from the framing device, there is nothing to tie these into the series continuity and they play more like Classic Disney Shorts than Goof Troop episodes, up to and including putting Pete in the role of a traditional villain in four of them. Peg and Pistol are also used in the stories but multiple times are given roles counter to their canonical characterization, Pistol's character is never related to Pete's, and PJ is not seen once in any of these episodes, story or framing device.

Peg often defends Goofy against Pete, but in an episode Peg actually kisses Goofy ON THE LIPS! to prove a point. It is never revealed why Peg has such a loyalty towards Goofy (even favoring him well enough over Pete), but a theory is that Peg and Goofy used to have a thing in the high school (indeed when Goofy briefly left Spoonerville, Peg married Pete). Alternately, Peg is having an affair with Goofy. This one would be strictly denied by Disney, of course. A third scenario is that Peg, being dissapointed with Pete's Jerkassery and drawn to Goofy's kind nature, has grown an attraction towards her old schoolmate that manifests in the moments like the aforementioned kiss.

Another popular fanon is that Pete is more abusive towards his family than the show is allowed to demonstrate, mostly revolving around how PJ often shows much stronger fear of repercussions from Pete, while Max seems more concerned about Goofy's disappointment.

It's been speculated that what happened to Peg and Pistol in the years between Goof Troop and A Goofy Movie was that Peg finally got fed up with Pete and left him, taking Pistol with her. This might even connect to the above speculation of Peg being attracted to Goofy, with it causing friction in her marriage.

In "Max-Imum Insecurity", Pete briefly mistakes PJ for Peg and grumbles about how his voice should hurry up and change already. While this is funny without hindsight since PJ isn't even a teenager yet, it's even funnier after the release of An Extremely Goofy Movie, where he is an adult and his voice still hasn't changed.

Max's Rhetorical Question Blunder in "Slightly Dinghy" is funny to begin with because PJ's relationship with his father leaves much to be desired. After A Goofy Movie, it's funnier because Max also compares going on a fishing trip with his dad negatively to unpleasant things.

Jerkass Woobie: Pete sometimes fits this trope depending on the writer. Sometimes his karmic punishment can tread into Disproportionate Retribution, and occasionally he won't have done anything wrong in the episode itself, which can make him appear to be a Designated Monkey depending on what parts of the show you've seen. But most fans will agree that he deserves at least some of his punishment because he's, well, a Jerkass.

Love to Hate: Pete has a sizable fanbase of people who love watching him get his comeuppance. He is loved for being an antagonist with depth, realistic motivations, a number of relatable flaws, and a hilarious personality. He is hated for selfishly and dishonestly mistreating the two most sympathetic characters on the show on a habitual basis (and others on occasion).

The simple idea that Goofy of all people managed to find a woman to have a kid with.note It should be noted, however, that some classic shorts, especially Aquamaina, have portrayed him as having a son. As well as people imaging Goofy in the sack.

"Yeah."Note (the voice byte heard twice in the intro song, and once during the end credits instrumental)

Misaimed Fandom: A group of fans whitewash Pete's actions by blowing his rare moments of clarity out of proportion and downplaying or ignoring his routine mistreatment of other characters. Not exactly the reaction you're meant to have to the Hate Sink.

Popular with Furries: Peg, along with the movie characters Roxanne, Beret Girl, and Sylvia have a lot of furry fans (not helped by the fact Roxanne barely looks like a dog). Max's cousin Debbie and Mrs. Pennypacker also have fans. PJ and Pete have their fans too, especially when the LGBT Fanbase is taken into account.

Self-Fanservice: Peg is already beautiful in canon, but she's a sexy goddess in fanart.

Uncanny Valley: In the series, whenever Goofy and Pete are shown shirtless their chests are skin-coloured rather than black as in any other production. This makes them look uncannily like regular humans who happen to have the heads of cartoon animals.

Unpopular Popular Character: Max and PJ, when not portrayed as outright losers, are portrayed as not having a lot of friends. Due to their relatable personalities, Max's adorkability, and PJ's woobie status, both are quite well-liked in the fandom. Max especially, as he is easily the most popular second generation character in both the series and movies.

The Woobie: Poor PJ, having to live with a narcissistic bully of a father, repeatedly getting ignored or outright falsely accused even by his best and only friend, having bad things happen to him out of his control in most episodes where he appears, clearly being affected both immediately and in the long-term by his problems, and never doing a single thing to deserve any of it. Thankfully, he gets a happy ending in the second movie.

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